When depressed many will go for antidepressants as the best solution, as it is prescribed by doctors; the truth is they are no better any other treatment out there. Millions of people take antidepressants everyday, but do they work? The answer is no, they do not work. Antidepressants lack proof showing they treat depression while there are many other solutions out there that are proven to work. Also studies have shown that those on placebos improve as much as those who actually take antidepressants. People need to see if there’s data on antidepressants before taking them.
Many people use antidepressants without even knowing much about them. They just do as they’re told. Lawrence Diller says, “The lack of supporting data considering their widespread use is surprising and disturbing.” There’s barely any proof showing how effective antidepressants work and yet people take them simply because it’s been prescribed to them. People do not buy expensive products without having read good reviews about them, so people should not just buy antidepressants without reading feedback of how well they work. People blindly take these pills without even knowing their side effects .They are just worrying about treating their depression while the side effects could bring even more depression. Some side effects are anxiety, hunger and fevers which can in turn cause more harm than good. People need to know that what they are taking is safe in order to get better from depression and they should also know the causes of their depression in order to treat depression.
Some causes of depressions are external problems rather than just mental issues. For example, some people have depression because of the loss of close family members or because they can’t make ends meet. Problems like these aren’t just going to go away by taking prescribed antidepressants. Salynn Boyles says “people are better off exploring other treatments options such as psychotherapy or exercise which has been shown to reduce depression.” Since some problems can’t be solved by taking antidepressants, people should start looking for alternatives such as exercise to relieve stress that has been proven to actually work against depression. Exercise is proven to treat depression by reducing stress, ward off anxiety, boost self esteem and improves physical health. Another proven treatment for depression is psychotherapy, which is when a depressed person talks to a certified mental health doctor who uses communication techniques to find the root of the problem guide them to how to overcome their depression.
Data has shown that those who had taken antidepressants are shown to have the same results as those who took placebos in a controlled experiment. Placebo is a pill that has no physical effect, used to make one think they’ve taken the real pill, to produce a psychological effect for a controlled study test. For example one person takes an antidepressant then another person is given a placebo but is told they are given the same antidepressant. Sarah Boseley states that “When all the data was pulled together, it appeared that patients had improved, but those on placebos improved just as much as those on the antidepressants.” This shows that if people think they will get better, they in reality will get better with or without antidepressants. It also shows that depression is more of a psychological problem then a chemical problem that doesn’t need drugs to treat. Since people improve just as much by taking placebos which are used for psychological effects why even take antidepressants with all the unneeded chemicals when people don’t need them in the first place.
There are many ways to overcome depression, but antidepressants are not one of them. Antidepressants barely have any proof that they even work and yet people take them blindly because they are told. Also, antidepressants cannot help those who have external problems as their problems won’t go away just because they took some antidepressants. People really don’t need antidepressants as it is shown that those who didn’t take them improve as much as those who do. With all the facts indicating that antidepressants do not work, those with depression should seek other treatments that actually are proven to work against depression.
Boseley, Sarah “Prozac, used by 40m people, does not work says scientists”
The Guardian, Accessed Nov 30, 2010 Web http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/26/mentalhealth.medicalresearch
Diller, Lawrence “ Do Antidepressants work?” LiveReal Accessed Nov 30, 2010 Web http://www.livereal.com/psychology_arena/do_antidepressants_work.htm Kirsch, Irving “ Do Antidepressants work?” LiveReal Accessed Nov 30, 2010 Web http://www.livereal.com/psychology_arena/do_antidepressants_work.htm
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Is there power in positive thinking?
I do believe there is power in positive thinking for many reasons. I think people need positive thinking to make optimistic decisions in life and they also are determined to do make the necessary actions to make it happen. For example a professional boxer must have positive thoughts if he wants to defeat his opponent he must put those positive thoughts into action so he can be at his best to give it his all. Thinking positive also helps with those who are depressed because if they are always pessimistic they will never make the right decisions to be happy in life. Even some mental illnesses are due to excessive negative thoughts that could have been avoided if they just had some positive thoughts. I also believe that we need some voluntary actions to make the positive thoughts into power because nothing will change if we just think it but not put it into motion. The power that comes from positive thinking must be put into action for them to be used.
Monday, November 29, 2010
drug draft
When depressed many will go for antidepressants as the best solution as it is prescribed by doctors, the truth is its no better any other treatment out there. Millions of people take antidepressants everyday, but do they work? The answer to that is no it does not work. Antidepressants lack proof showing it treats depression while there are many other solutions out there that are proven to work. Also those studies shown those on placebo improve on the same level as those who actually take antidepressants. People need to see if there’s data on antidepressants before taking them.
Many people use antidepressants without even knowing much about it. They just do as their told. Lawrence Diller says “The lack of supporting data considering their widespread use is surprising and disturbing.” There’s barely any proof showing how effective antidepressants work and yet people take them simply because it’s been prescribed for them. People blindly take these pills without even knowing the side effects just worrying about treating depression while the side effects could even bring more depression. Some side effects would be anxiety, hunger, fevers which could in turn cause more harm than good. People need to know what they are taking are safe in order to get better from depression. Some causes of depressions have external problems rather than just mental issues. For example some people have depression because of loss of close family members or couldn’t make ends meet. Problems like these aren’t just going to go away by taking prescribed antidepressants. Salynn Boyles says “people are better off exploring other treatments options such as psychotherapy or exercise which has been shown to reduce depression.” Since some problems can’t be solved by taking antidepressants, people should start looking for alternatives such as exercise to relieve stress that is been proven to actually work against depression. Data is shown that those who taken antidepressants are shown to have the same results as those who taken placebo, placebo is a pill that have no effect used to make one think they taken the real pill with an effect for a controlled study test. For example one person takes an antidepressant then another person is given a placebo but is told they are given the same antidepressant. Sarah Boseley states that “When all the data was pulled together, it appeared that patients had improved, but those on placebo improved just as much as those on the drugs.” This shows that if people think they will get better, they in reality will get better with or without antidepressants.”
There are many ways to overcome depression, but antidepressant is not one of them. Antidepressants barely have any proof that it even works yet people take them blindly because they are told. Also antidepressants cannot help those who have external problems as their problems won’t go away just because they took some antidepressants. People really don’t need antidepressants as it is shown that those who didn’t take it improve on the same level as those who do. With all the facts indicating that antidepressants do not work, those with depression should seek other treatments that actually are proven to work against depression.
Many people use antidepressants without even knowing much about it. They just do as their told. Lawrence Diller says “The lack of supporting data considering their widespread use is surprising and disturbing.” There’s barely any proof showing how effective antidepressants work and yet people take them simply because it’s been prescribed for them. People blindly take these pills without even knowing the side effects just worrying about treating depression while the side effects could even bring more depression. Some side effects would be anxiety, hunger, fevers which could in turn cause more harm than good. People need to know what they are taking are safe in order to get better from depression. Some causes of depressions have external problems rather than just mental issues. For example some people have depression because of loss of close family members or couldn’t make ends meet. Problems like these aren’t just going to go away by taking prescribed antidepressants. Salynn Boyles says “people are better off exploring other treatments options such as psychotherapy or exercise which has been shown to reduce depression.” Since some problems can’t be solved by taking antidepressants, people should start looking for alternatives such as exercise to relieve stress that is been proven to actually work against depression. Data is shown that those who taken antidepressants are shown to have the same results as those who taken placebo, placebo is a pill that have no effect used to make one think they taken the real pill with an effect for a controlled study test. For example one person takes an antidepressant then another person is given a placebo but is told they are given the same antidepressant. Sarah Boseley states that “When all the data was pulled together, it appeared that patients had improved, but those on placebo improved just as much as those on the drugs.” This shows that if people think they will get better, they in reality will get better with or without antidepressants.”
There are many ways to overcome depression, but antidepressant is not one of them. Antidepressants barely have any proof that it even works yet people take them blindly because they are told. Also antidepressants cannot help those who have external problems as their problems won’t go away just because they took some antidepressants. People really don’t need antidepressants as it is shown that those who didn’t take it improve on the same level as those who do. With all the facts indicating that antidepressants do not work, those with depression should seek other treatments that actually are proven to work against depression.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Thesis: When depressed many will go for antidepressants as the best solution as it is prescribed by doctors, the truth is it's no better than any other solution.
Article: Do Antidepressants Work quote”
Quote: People may be better off exploring other treatment options such as psychotherapy or exercise, which has been shown to reduce depression.”
Quote: The lack of supporting data, considering their widespread use, is surprising and disturbing.
Source:
Do AntiDepressants Work?" LiveReal.com - Adventures in Modern Spirituality, Psychology, Self-Help and Relationships. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. http://www.livereal.com/psychology_arena/do_antidepressants_work.htm
This article explains that antidepressants aren’t really effective as a treatment for depression and that other treatments are even more effective in reducing stress. It also states that antidepressants barely have any evidence considering the large amounts of people that use them.
Article: Do Antidepressants Work quote”
Quote: People may be better off exploring other treatment options such as psychotherapy or exercise, which has been shown to reduce depression.”
Quote: The lack of supporting data, considering their widespread use, is surprising and disturbing.
Source:
Do AntiDepressants Work?" LiveReal.com - Adventures in Modern Spirituality, Psychology, Self-Help and Relationships. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. http://www.livereal.com/psychology_arena/do_antidepressants_work.htm
This article explains that antidepressants aren’t really effective as a treatment for depression and that other treatments are even more effective in reducing stress. It also states that antidepressants barely have any evidence considering the large amounts of people that use them.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Grateful.
Breathing. The one thing we do all the time and can't live without.Yet we never for one moment stop to think how lucky we are to be able to take a good breath every time.I am grateful for being able to breathe because I've had pneumothorax in the past and recently.What is pneumothorax? Pneumothorax is a collection of air around the lungs, in short it means collapsed lungs. When your lungs have collapsed feeling is much like when running out of air from exercise but the difference is that you can't catch your breath and extra pain in the chest.
Ever since I've experienced surgeries and pneumothorax I've been very grateful to be able to breathe everyday without problems.In the past I've never thought about breathing at all as I do it every second of my life I've taken it for granted. I think everybody should be grateful for being able to breathe as without it nothing we would all be dead and unable to be grateful for anything else in life.
Ever since I've experienced surgeries and pneumothorax I've been very grateful to be able to breathe everyday without problems.In the past I've never thought about breathing at all as I do it every second of my life I've taken it for granted. I think everybody should be grateful for being able to breathe as without it nothing we would all be dead and unable to be grateful for anything else in life.
Monday, November 8, 2010
draft
In today’s modern society, everything is set in motion by technology. The food people eat, the television they watch, it can even affect people’s relationships. While technology helps make people’s lives easier, it only weakens people’s intimate relationship resulting in unhappiness. Some ways it affects people’s relationships are social networks, texting and just all the time being spent using technology. All these things only distract people from the things that really matter in a relationship which are intimacy.
Dating sites, interest based communities and other social networks such as Facebook are growing increasingly popular everyday. The reason behind this are people are social creatures to begin with, they like to socialize with others whenever given the chance. This doesn’t mean it improves relationships as studies even show it harms relationships. The article Relationships on Facebook, Social Networks by Rick Nauert he talks about interest based communities such as Last.fm stating” You don’t do a variety of activities together. You tend to be kind of specialized in what topics you talk about.” He means that people who socialize in interest based communities usually only talk in what the community is based on. They would barely ever go out of that area and do other activities that aren’t based in the community which in turn limiting the level in which the relationship can go. Another growing issue would be the social network Facebook as its number grows daily as do the problems that grow with it. One major problem would be for intimate relationships as it is shown to reinforce jealously. In the article Facebook Reinforces Relationship Jealously by John M Grohol he states “Researchers discovered that people who are more prone to jealously will find Facebook just reinforces that jealously.” This happens because those who get jealous will only get more jealous when seeing their partner comment on someone of the opposite sex, or even add their old boyfriends or girlfriends. They could even get jealous from having others starting a conversation with their partner or the information that is on their partner’s page. These increasing social networks problems will continue to grow until people learn to rely less on them.
What are people doing most of the time? Texting. People are texting everywhere from their homes all the way to school everyday. While it keeps them in contact with people which most would look at as a good thing. In reality it is actually limiting face to face communication which weakens relationships intimacy. In the article Text messaging affects student relationships by Theresa Kasallis says “As cell phones go mainstream, more people are relying on text messages to get their word across.” This would be ideal for those who are shy but will only weaken their relationships as they will lack social skills when met face to face. This problem will only continue to grow as people are relying on technology more than they have to which will weaken their social skills needed to be in a strong relationship.
Technology in general is weakening relationships as it takes time from people that could of used it to spend times with their partners. In the article Is Technology Short-Circuiting Your Relationship? By Suzanne Phillips she states “ When technology disrupts the reality shared with one’s partner it can undermine the very benefits it affords.” This means that when technology takes the time that is supposed to be spent with one’s partner it can be more damaging than beneficial. For example checking email or text messages while on a date with a loved one would be considered using their time. Phillips also says “As we have become increasingly efficient at researching and finding information, we
have become increasingly impatient with human exchange and process.” By this she means while people have become so good at using the internet for finding information they have depended less on spending time with people for it. The reason this is bad for relationship is because being intimacy is important in a relationship. For example laughing at the right or wrong movie names with a special someone is a moment to be remembered but would be lost if they would just search the name over the internet. Technology as a whole takes time that could be spent socializing with people in person which in turn weakens intimacy in relationships.
Technology in most cases weakens relationships as time is being used on technology rather than with people. People texting all the time which takes away their social skills needed when face to face with others weakens relationships as social skills are an important part of relationships. Also social networks, interest based communities which limits the number of topics one can talk about and reinforces jealously only makes relationships even more unhappy. Technology as a whole mostly distracts people from things in life that matter resulting in being less happy in relationships.
Dating sites, interest based communities and other social networks such as Facebook are growing increasingly popular everyday. The reason behind this are people are social creatures to begin with, they like to socialize with others whenever given the chance. This doesn’t mean it improves relationships as studies even show it harms relationships. The article Relationships on Facebook, Social Networks by Rick Nauert he talks about interest based communities such as Last.fm stating” You don’t do a variety of activities together. You tend to be kind of specialized in what topics you talk about.” He means that people who socialize in interest based communities usually only talk in what the community is based on. They would barely ever go out of that area and do other activities that aren’t based in the community which in turn limiting the level in which the relationship can go. Another growing issue would be the social network Facebook as its number grows daily as do the problems that grow with it. One major problem would be for intimate relationships as it is shown to reinforce jealously. In the article Facebook Reinforces Relationship Jealously by John M Grohol he states “Researchers discovered that people who are more prone to jealously will find Facebook just reinforces that jealously.” This happens because those who get jealous will only get more jealous when seeing their partner comment on someone of the opposite sex, or even add their old boyfriends or girlfriends. They could even get jealous from having others starting a conversation with their partner or the information that is on their partner’s page. These increasing social networks problems will continue to grow until people learn to rely less on them.
What are people doing most of the time? Texting. People are texting everywhere from their homes all the way to school everyday. While it keeps them in contact with people which most would look at as a good thing. In reality it is actually limiting face to face communication which weakens relationships intimacy. In the article Text messaging affects student relationships by Theresa Kasallis says “As cell phones go mainstream, more people are relying on text messages to get their word across.” This would be ideal for those who are shy but will only weaken their relationships as they will lack social skills when met face to face. This problem will only continue to grow as people are relying on technology more than they have to which will weaken their social skills needed to be in a strong relationship.
Technology in general is weakening relationships as it takes time from people that could of used it to spend times with their partners. In the article Is Technology Short-Circuiting Your Relationship? By Suzanne Phillips she states “ When technology disrupts the reality shared with one’s partner it can undermine the very benefits it affords.” This means that when technology takes the time that is supposed to be spent with one’s partner it can be more damaging than beneficial. For example checking email or text messages while on a date with a loved one would be considered using their time. Phillips also says “As we have become increasingly efficient at researching and finding information, we
have become increasingly impatient with human exchange and process.” By this she means while people have become so good at using the internet for finding information they have depended less on spending time with people for it. The reason this is bad for relationship is because being intimacy is important in a relationship. For example laughing at the right or wrong movie names with a special someone is a moment to be remembered but would be lost if they would just search the name over the internet. Technology as a whole takes time that could be spent socializing with people in person which in turn weakens intimacy in relationships.
Technology in most cases weakens relationships as time is being used on technology rather than with people. People texting all the time which takes away their social skills needed when face to face with others weakens relationships as social skills are an important part of relationships. Also social networks, interest based communities which limits the number of topics one can talk about and reinforces jealously only makes relationships even more unhappy. Technology as a whole mostly distracts people from things in life that matter resulting in being less happy in relationships.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Blog 5
Happiness in relationships? Relationships can be many things such as friendships, family relationship or having an intimate relationship. There are always up and downs in relationships, but mostly they are good because that’s the reason you stay in them to begin with. Relationships take a long time to become a good one as it builds on trust, love and many other factors. This applies to friends, families and the significant other. People are generally happy in relationships of any kind as humans are social creatures.
Many like to socialize, so being in a friendship with someone would make them happy. They can do fun activities together or just talk about whatever is on their mind. Talking can let their stress out and relieve them of their emotional problems. They can spend time just playing sports or going to movies. Being in a relationship with friends is essential to being happy because when your not happy they can cheer you up or at the very least distract you from being depressed.
Being in intimate relationships can also be what some would call true happiness. They feel the world melt away as they spend time with their partner. They feel emotions for each other that are strong and full of love. In time they could also form a family which adds on to their happiness. Intimate relationships are a major factor in being happy in relationships as their partner is their other half, who shares the same feelings and understandings.
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